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David and Ira, Thanks for humoring my ramblings with a reply. It is true that data itself does not guarantee an optimum decision. I just have faith in my own ability at this point to use the data that is available to make the best personal deci…
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Data is data and opinions are... well, worth what you pay for them. I read SB religiously, but I only rarely skim over the forum topics and even more rarely read through the comments (posts or forums). By this point, I can make my own opinions bas…
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Alas, my final counter-counter offer on the 44' Atlantic was not accepted. The owner asked for an extension to Friday and then another to Saturday in order to think it over. He ultimately decided that he had put too much time and effort into the boa…
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Racket, The boat is registered up in Canadia, but there aren't any real restrictions to buying it down here. You have to pay a title company anyway, and they know how to check for registration and liens up there as well. The only problem is if th…
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WSBilly, Sure... http://tinyurl.com/lto968. It is a 44' Atlantic built in 1977. One importnat addendum to my numbers above. I forgot to list sales tax which is 8.5-9.5% depending on where you buy/keep your boat in Washington. That is tax dedu…
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Yeah, having a garden can be kinda tough aboard... but not impossible. There are plenty of liveaboards that have plants all over them and become floating condos. They just don't get underway very often, if at all. One gets the best use out of thei…
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That's right... plumbing is a little more personal on a boat. Most people are blissfully unaware of their waste after it goes behind the walls, but the moving parts and hoses in a marine sanitation system demand a little more attention every couple…
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Sure, Alan. But first, let me say that it can't be just about the numbers. In fact, if it was just about the dollars, renting comes out ahead (for the price range I will discuss) and isn't subject to risk of large expenditures. The first time hom…
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First off, thanks to LHR for cleaning up the comment above. I started this thread, but I am completely against any inappropriate (and sketchy) use of personal information like that. I remember some unfortunate threads with Meshugy and others where…
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As they say... in a credit crisis its not the assets that you want to sell that matter; it's the ones you have to sell. Less money floating around and asset prices decreasing sounds like deflation. The problem is that Ben Bernanke won't let that h…
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Baby steps indeed. As I said, there is still a long way to go, but this is the first time that I have seen multiple properties reducing their asking price in an area like QA. You have to get the roller coaster over the top to have any fun.
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Crucifiction, I hear what you are saying about negotiations. It is hard to get all of the facts in a short description like that, so it might not be so simple as deciding to play hardball with your landlord as you suggest. The acronym BATNA (Best…
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I am very happy to be renting and cannot see a reason to risk buying in the next 12 months. That said, I did get a pretty big rent increase when I took over the upstairs lease in my duplex house. I was hoping that recent housing inventory increas…
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Thanks to both of you. I am familiar with what a short sale is and everything else that a year of reading seattlebubble will teach you. This seems like an odd property in that you both had completely different reads. Alan, the thought had cross…
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You have to love the circular logic. We have all had those madening conversations with intelligent people, but they just aren't up to date with current housing issues. Not to say that they have to agree that the Seattle market is going to go down,…
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I got Russel ishares puts at 82 last week. Burn indeed. Its not that I HOPE the bounce today was an aberation... its just that I THINK it is. This isn't over yet.
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Awesome! Good for you. Have you gotten a lot of people interested in that price beating down your door? Don't they have a "Make me move" feature where you show a value and let the buyers beat down the door? I would recommend pricing 6% above the…